On August 6, Crater purchased a ticket to a Broadway show, then took a cab across town to have dinner with a showgirl named Sally Lou Ritz and his friend, William Klein. Both Klein and Ritz tell different stories about what happened after dinner. At first, both stated that the judge took a separate cab to the play but changed the story and said Crater walked alone to the theater.
Either way, no one saw Crater after that night.